Lead Story - 3/8/2026

SEASON 10 BOTB BUDGET PLAYOFFS

TURN OFF INJURIES !! - DONE
Playoffs start: Monday, March 9th, 7am (PT)
Note: The division winner takes precedence with regard to seeding.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Seeding
#1 Cleveland Guardians (104)
#2 New York Yankees (99)
#3 Los Angeles Angels (90)
#4 Baltimore Orioles (87)
#5 Tampa Bay Rays (85)
#6 Minnesota Twins (83)

Wild Card (3 games, 1-1-1)
(6 at 3) Twins at Angels - Twins advance
(5 at 4) Rays at Orioles - Rays advance

Round 2 (5 games)
(1 vs 4/5) - Rays at Guardians
(2 vs 3/6) - Twins at Yankees - Yankees advance

ALCS (7 games)



NATIONAL LEAGUE Seeding
#1 Chicago Cubs (99)
#2 Philadelphia Phillies (87)
#3 Arizona Diamondbacks (84)
#4 St. Louis Cardinals (92)
#5 Pittsburg Pirates (86)
#6 Washington Nationals (85)

Wild Card - (3 games, 1-1-1)
(6 at 3) - Nationals at Diamondbacks - Nationals
(5 at 4) - Pirates at Cardinals - Cardinals

Round 2 (5 games)
(1 vs 4/5) - Cardinals at Cubs
(2 vs 3/6) - Nationals at Phillies

NLCS (7 games)


World Series (7 games)

League Chat Box

Downing whiffs 9 in 1-0 win

Al Downing struckout 9 Minnesota batters in a 1-0 win for the Yankees. | Box

McDowell whiffs 8 in 6-5 win

Sam McDowell struckout 8 Tampa Bay batters in a 6-5 win for the Guardians. | Box

Big game for Schmidt lifts Phillies to victory

Mike Schmidt drove in 4 runs, carrying Philadelphia to a 7-4 victory over the Nationals. Max Scherzer struckout 8 Philadelphia batters in the contest. | Box

Lundgren tosses shutout for Cubs

St. Louis is hoping not to see Carl Lundgren again for a long while. Lundgren went the distance, leading Chicago to a 12-0 victory. Chicago's Ernie Banks had 4 RBIs. Kiki Cuyler recorded 4 hits. | Box

Guardians fall to Rays despite Kluber's efforts

Corey Kluber whiffed 12 batters, but the Rays managed to beat the Guardians, 2-1. | Box

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